Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz with Inscription

Print Notes

This photograph comes originally from the collection of Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993), the first curator of the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art. He met Alfred Stieglitz in the early 1930s at Stieglitz’s “An American Place” gallery, a mecca for aspiring artists, photographers, and collectors from its opening in 1929 until its close in 1950. Ansel Adams had a landmark exhibition of his photographs at “An American Place” in 1936, and it was in the gallery that the present photograph was taken.

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Description

Ansel Adams
1902-1984
1940
Vintage gelatin silver print signed by Adams in pencil on the first mount, the frame backboard inscribed by Stieglitz in ink.
Image Size: 9 6 3/4 inches
Frame Size: 18 x 22 inches
Location: AAP ~ Unique ID 37

Provenance

Beaumont Newhall acquired through Sotheby's 2016.